Device for applying liquid dressing.



Ive- 831,014. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906. W. LEONARD. DEVICE FOR APPLYINGLIQUID DRESSING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14, 1905.

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DEVICE FOR APPLYING LIQUID DRESSING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1966.

Application filed September 14, 1905. Serial No- 278,385.

To rtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM LEONARD, of Salem, county of Essex, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Devices for ApplyingLiquid Dressing, of which the following description, in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on thedrawings representing like parts.

Bottles containing liquid shoe-dressing and other liquid material havebeen provided with a stopper to which a sponge is attached by means of awire, the sponge extending down into the bottle when the stopper isinserted in the open mouth or neck thereof. WVhen using this device toapply the dress ing or other liquid to shoes and other things, excessivecare must be taken to prevent the hands from becoming smeared with thedress ing, which is on the end of the stopper as well as on the wire andsponge. Furthermore, the device cannot be laid down upon a table orother flat surface without smearing the said surface, so that when notusing the device, even momentarily, it must be returned to the bottle.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of adevice for applying liquid-dressing and the like, which comprehends astopper and sponge attached thereto by a wire to the end that the devicemay be easily manipulated without danger of smearing the hands of theuser, and can be laid upon a table or other flat surface without dangerof smearing said Surface, and if the sponge is loaded with dressing canbe supported in upright position and the dressing prevented from comingin contact with the table or other surface upon which it is supported.

The invention consists in an improved form of cap, which is attached tothe stopper and which is made large enough to embrace the neck or end ofthe bottle, and which, by reason of its size and shape, may be firmlygrasped by the user for the purpose of manipulating the sponge to applydressing, and which is formed with straight sides, whereby it may beplaced upon a table or other flat surface, and by its weight hold thesponge in elevated position above said surface, and which is also formedwith a flat end of considerable area, whereby it may be supported inupright position, so that in case the sponge is loaded and liable todrip the dressing will run down the wire into the cap, which serves as acup to receive it.

Figure 1 shows in side elevation a device comprehending abottle-stopper, sponge at= tached thereto, and cap embodying thisinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device shown in Fig. 1.Fi 3 is a detail showing the device removed from the bottle and laid inhorizontal position on a flat surremoved from the bottle and placed inupright position on a flat surface.

a represents a bottle of any well-known or I suitable shape andconstruction.

b represents the stopper, which is adapted to be pressed into the openmouth or neck of the bottle, 0 the wire which is projected through thestopper, and thereby attached to it, and (Z a sponge attached to theextremity of said wire.

The cap consists of a cylindrical or other Shaped body having straightsides, formed or provided with a circular recess at one end to receivethe end or neck of the bottle, and

the bottom of and concentric to the aforesaid recess to receive thestopper. The cap thus formed presents a stopper-supporting end portion eand a circular flange e extending from it. The stopper 1) is pressedinto the recess in the end portion 6 and is secured to said end portion,and when so secured in position the flange e is concentrically arran edabout the stopper. The flange e is mac e large enough in diameter toembrace the neck of the bottle and is also made quite long. The cap thusformed presents straight sides and is quite heavy, being purposely somade, so that when the device is removed from the bottle and laid downupon a flat surface the sponge will be held in elevated position, freefrom contact with said surface. The end or top of the cylindrical orother shaped cap is made flat, and by reason of its large diameter hasconsiderable area, so that when the sponge is loaded the device may besupported in upright position on a table or other flat surface, and theflange 6 forms a cup of large capacity, so that any li uid materialflowing down the wire will be received by said cup. The cap thusconstructedv being quite large in diameter may be firmly grasped by theuser and manipulated to apply the dressing.

for'applying liquid dressing and the like,"

face. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the device with another recess ofsmaller diameter at' of a bottle and the lower edge of the capde-rsigned to contact with the upper portion of the body of said bottle,and the outer surface I 5 of the stopper designed to contact with theinner surface of the neck of a bottle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of 20 two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LEONARD.

Witnesses:

N. B. BROWN, J. CLIFFORD ENTWIsLE.

